employee wellness

How to Keep Employees Happy: A Guide for HR & Office Managers

By Lex Flamm on December 6, 2024

Working in HR or office management can feel a little bit like trying to read the minds of the employees around you. What do they actually want? What would boost their wellbeing? Make them smile? Keep …

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Your Body on Fruit: Why Is Fresh Fruit Healthy?

By Lex Flamm on November 19, 2024

When Stephen Menyhart was in college studying culinary nutrition, one of his professors, Janet Rouslin, told him something that stuck in his brain for years afterward. “She said, ‘Nutrition is the …

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3 Reasons Wellness Benefits Make Return to Office Easier

By Lex Flamm on October 29, 2024

The buzz about return to office (RTO) is fading, but there are still plenty of companies quietly planning to bring their employees back to work in person. In September 2024, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy …

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How to Build Healthy Food Habits at Work or Home

By Erin Mittelstaedt on October 9, 2024

If you’re struggling to build healthy food habits, that doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you. It might just mean that the environment around you is setting you up to fail. I read about …

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National Fruit at Work Day Highlights: Fun With FruitFits!

By Erin Mittelstaedt on October 2, 2024

Yesterday was one of my favorite days of the year—National Fruit at Work Day! Every year on the first Tuesday of October, we’re honored to celebrate National Fruit at Work Day at The FruitGuys. It’s a …

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Manage Employee Stress With Relaxing Microbreaks

By Shannan Slevin on September 11, 2024

If you’re an HR professional, then you probably know how it feels to watch an employee teeter on the brink of burnout. It’s a scary feeling—but you can help prevent it. I know because putting that …

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Low-Sugar Office Snacks: How Rip Van Is Changing the Game

By Lex Flamm on August 23, 2024

In 2017, business partners Rip Pruskin and Marco De Leon walked into a factory in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, with smiles on their faces. They were there to flip the ceremonial switch on the production …

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Employee Health and Wellness Tip: Stop and Listen to the Bugs

By Erin Mittelstaedt on August 21, 2024

“What’s that noise?” My 8-year-old son asks. It’s almost pitch black as we walk across my in-laws’ front lawn in rural West Virginia. It's 9:30 p.m. and we’re in a holler (a narrow valley between …

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How to Stop Emotional Eating: Tips From a Nutritionist

By The FruitGuys on August 9, 2024

About fifty percent of us are emotional eaters: people who turn to food not only when hungry, but when bored, lonely, or stressed. This is not a healthy approach to eating. An August 2004 report from …

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A Tip For HR Managers From ‘The Bear’

By Erin Mittelstaedt on July 24, 2024

Hands up if you’ve watched The Bear on Hulu. I’m a big fan! The show broke a TV record last week when it earned 23 Emmy nominations in the comedy category. If you haven’t seen it, it’s about a …

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How to Plan an Office Snack Tasting or Fruit Tasting Like a Pro

By The FruitGuys on April 5, 2024

Hosting group events like lunch-and-learns and holiday celebrations in the office is a great way to boost employee happiness, teach your team something new, and nourish their sense of community. When …

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7 Ways to Use Office Snacks for Employee Wellbeing in 2024

By Lex Flamm on January 19, 2024

Promoting employee wellbeing isn’t just about encouraging physical fitness — it’s also about building connections, fostering community, supporting mental health, and more. Improving those …

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Does Your Wellness Program Work? 3 Ways to Track ROI in 2024

By Lex Flamm on January 5, 2024

When you implement a wellness program in your office — especially on a tight budget — you need to show company leadership that it produces measurable results. This is tricky, but it can be done! …

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Return to Office? Choose the Best Healthy Office Snacks

By Lex Flamm on December 6, 2023

Did you know that the snacks your coworkers eat affect their work quality and efficiency? Studies show that smart food choices directly correlate with how productive, engaged, and creative people are. …

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3 Reasons to Set Your 2024 Employee Wellness Budget Now

By Lex Flamm on November 10, 2023

“Budget” may have six letters, but for the managers of many corporate wellness programs, it’s still a four-letter word. Few things are more challenging than striking the right balance between a tight …

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How to Start a 2024 Employee Health Program on a Budget

By Jessica Walrack on November 1, 2023

On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Great Resignation, employers are paying closer attention than ever to employee health and happiness. An employee health program (aka workplace wellness …